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{No Model) E. U. SGOVILLE.

FAUGET.

Patented July 8, 1884.

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' FAUC ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,759, dated July 8, 1884.

Application filed December '26, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ELIJAH U. SooviLLn, of Manliusfln the county of Onondaga,in the State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of faucets termed molassesga-tes; and it consists in an improved construction and combination of the component parts of said faucet, whereby the same is rendered durable and selfadjusting to maintain it perfect in its operation,and which also admits of readily connecting the gate to the barrel of the faucet, and of as readily removing said gate when required for repairs or renewal, all ashereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims. Y

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved faucet, showing it in both its closed and open position. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A representsthe barrel of the faucet, usually formed with a downward deflection at its discharge end. Said discharge end hasavertically-elongated face, a,which is segmental, or in the form ofan are described from apoint some distance back of the face a, at which point the barrel is provided with trunnious b b on opposite sides. On thesetrunnions is hung or pivoted the gate 13, consisting of arms, pivoted as aforesaid, on opposite sides of the barrel, and reaching across the front or face a of the barrel,where they are rigidly united and formed with aforwardly-extended handle, H, by which to manipula-te the gate. Between the face a of thebarrel and the aforesaid rigid front portion of the gate is interposed a valve, c, which has a segmental concave face corresponding to the face a, and is removably connected with and can l'ied by the gate by means of a stem, 8, projecting from the back of the valveinto a socket, c, in the handle H, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. A spiral spring, d, surrounding the stem 8, and pressing against the end of the socket and against the back ofthevalve, serves to hold the latter against the face a of the barrel, and to compensate for the wear of the valve, incident to its movement over the face a.

In order to facilitate the construction of the gate B and the attachment thereof to the barrel A, I form said gate of two longitudinal sections divided vertically through the handle H, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, said sections being united by means of screws e e, passing horizontally through the handle portion of the gate. It will be observed that this construction of the gate obviates the use of a core to form the socket c.

The movement of the gate is limited to the length of the face a by suitable stops, it a, on the gate encountering the top and bottom of the barrel.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A faucet-barrel provided at its discharge end with a convex face described from apoint back of said face, arms pivoted at said point and rigidly united in front of the convex face, and a valve removably connected with and carried by the saidarms, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, with a faucet-barrel provided at its discharge end with a convex face, of arms hinged to opposite sides of the barrel and rigidly united in front of the convex face, a valve interposed between the j unction of the arms and convex face of the barrel, and a spring applied to the back of the valve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the faucet-barrel provided with trunnions back of its discharge end, and having the face of the latter in the form of a segment described from the trunnions, a gate hung on said trunnions andhaving in front of the face of the faucet-barrel a handle provided with a socket, a valve having a segmental face fitted to the face of the barrel, and provided with a stem entering the socket I of the handle, and a spiral spring surrounding said stem and bearing on the end of the socket and back of the valve, substantially as de scribed and shown.

of the faucet-barrel, all substantially as described and shown. i

In testimony whereof Lhave hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence I 5 of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 14th day of December, 1883.

ELIJAH U. SOOVILLE.

4. In combinationwiththefaucet-barrel1 r0- vided with trunnions at opposite sides back of the discharge end, a gate "formed of two longitudinal sections clamped together andhung 5 on the trnnnions, and formed in front of the discharge end of the faucet with ahandle, and with a socket in said handle, a valve provided with a segmental face fitted to the face of the faucetbarrel, and having a stem projecting Witnesses:

. IO into the socket of the handle, and a spring in l FREDERICK H. GIBBS,

' the socket to force the valve toward the face M. 0. RAYMOND. 

